I get the instinct to be responsible with money. At the same time, I’m not a huge fan of paying people the bare minimum as you can possibly justify based on web2 notions of experience. When people put in months of work with no pay, then come up with a legit idea, IMHO you give them some breathing room financially to let them explore the glut of ideas that are probably built up over that time of working for free.
So it’s certainly a respectable comparison you made, the Comm team vs. professional content agency pricing. But I don’t think it’s the right comparison when you consider this is a new paradigm and people who are here are basically performing the riskiest internships on the planet.
I can 100% confirm all your points here as a DAO and BAYC member who has been in both ecosystems since day 1! I’ve seen you and nearly everyone in your team work so hard for months to help others in a voluntary capacity. It really makes sense that your work is recognized and compensated officially and thoroughly. The high quality and depth of your proposal is testament to your capabilities, skills and knowledge. You and your team are an asset to the DAO and the wider ecosystem. You have my full support.
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I get the instinct to be responsible with money. At the same time, I’m not a huge fan of paying people the bare minimum as you can possibly justify based on web2 notions of experience. When people put in months of work with no pay, then come up with a legit idea, IMHO you give them some breathing room financially to let them explore the glut of ideas that are probably built up over that time of working for free.
To be honest, this isn’t my point at all.
I’m curious and want to know the real expertise of the proposed communication members. And how the suits all together into the communication team from an expertise/skills point of view. What will be their role, and how are they skilled? As from the person level or the whole team level.
The team is crucial in this case to deliver better Apecoin communication. And right now, it’s impossible to consider if they have the experience/skills to deliver that on the needed level. I do not see anything wrong with this kind of question.
I guess it could help to get the AIP draft/proposal approved by the community later.
And right now, it’s impossible to consider if they have the experience/skills to deliver that on the needed level.
It’s not impossible to consider; I’ve experienced it firsthand. I’ve been around to many DAOs and never received the immediate welcome as I have in this one, from this team.
I disagree 100% with that statement and would argue the exact opposite.
As for the general public & also for Apecoin holders to get active to help with Apecoin’s growth.
Their “communication strategy” with me was to make me feel included and listened to. Now I’m an Apecoin holder who is now active bringing trillion dollar ideas here instead of NounsDAO or Aavegotchi or NFA, which is exactly what your statement is looking for.
Hello @withoutname! Thanks for the questions. It’s very important that we clarify first off that this is not a marketing proposal.
Our primary functions are to provide and maintain an official discord, to provide proposal assistance and other support during the AIP process, to organize and host weekly twitter spaces, and to ensure open and enhanced lines of communication between the Ape Foundation and the larger ApeCoin DAO. We will create some content, but this will be for reporting or educational purposes.
We are not performing the functions of a professional content agency.
In response to your request, we have edited the AIP to show our detailed role breakdown. The edits have to flow through the discourse moderators and should go live shortly. We will also post fresh introductions on this post, through which the proposed ApeComms team members may choose to describe their expertise.
@Lost has updated their Draft and it is in our review once again. You can check out the changes by clicking the pencil icon at the top right of the post.
Follow this Topic as further updates will be posted here in the comments.
Here is a bit of background about me, for those who haven’t had a chance to review the other ApeComms AIP post, which had to be replaced:
I have been a BAYC holder for just under a year, and am a big proponent of everything that Yuga, and the ApeCoin DAO, are building.
I have been involved in the ApeCoin DAO since its inception, through participation on discourse, on twitter, and in the unofficial discord channel.
I am a lawyer by trade. I have recently left my firm so that I can transition into full-time participation in web3.
I have been involved in crypto since 2017. Over the years I have assisted with a number of projects in various capacities. Most recently I have become an ambassador for NFTfi, the leading NFT collateralized lending protocol. I am also a member and frequent contributor to ReidarDAO, an NFT-focused investment DAO.
I view participation in the ApeCoin DAO as a historical opportunity and experiment in decentralized governance.
I think that communication is one of the most pressing issues facing the DAO and that addressing this issue is going to be essential for the DAO to achieve its potential. It has been very helpful and encouraging to receive the community’s feedback to our work and our proposal so far. I hope we can continue to develop ApeComms with the community.
That would be interesting, adding on reps in geographic locations. I find it more difficult to participate in some things live because I’m not located on NA/SA side of the world.
I really like your idea of developing this team with representatives in different geographic locations. Expanding the team to include representatives from other countries is something we have discussed as well as having educational materials in foreign languages. I love that you’ve developed a FAQ to provide basic understanding in your community and agree every $APE holder should understand what is going on.
Thank you for the feedback and the information you have provided.
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Our primary functions are to provide and maintain an official discord, to provide proposal assistance and other support during the AIP process, to organize and host weekly twitter spaces, and to ensure open and enhanced lines of communication between the Ape Foundation and the larger ApeCoin DAO. We will create some content, but this will be for reporting or educational purposes.
Oh, that could be a misunderstanding on my side in that case. As a Communication Team proposal, I understood that you would take over the whole Apecoin official communication, such as Twitter, and possibly other channels like Instagram, Blogs, and Discord, and would be in charge not only of communication in Discord but in full scope. Who will be in the order of Twitter and other platforms in that case?
I like the proposal with Discord, but as we see now, Twitter engagement/communication is a significant pain from the actual Apecoin profile.
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In response to your request, we have edited the AIP to show our detailed role breakdown. The edits have to flow through the discourse moderators and should go live shortly. We will also post fresh introductions on this post, through which the proposed ApeComms team members may choose to describe their expertise.
Thank you, I think that it will be very helpful for your proposal in the voting phase.
We have already setup some internal roles/guidelines to begin recruiting contributors, and also accepting volunteers. We do expect that other members will express interest to contribute, and hopefully this proposal will provide a framework to encourage that. There is a lot of work to be done for this community. Aside from that though, our proposal also leaves room for other working groups (like an APE marketing agency, or otherwise) to form and for us to collaborate or provide services to them as well.
Always happy to respond to feedback and questions!
We have asked for access to the official ApeCoin twitter, but not so that we can exercise full control over it. We have asked for access to twitter so that we can advertise our twitter spaces (weekly AIP roundups and town halls), and so that we can share our educational or reporting content. The Cartan Group will still be in charge of twitter.
We are considering asking for access to instagram for the same purpose.
To be clear though, this would not be used for marketing purposes.
